Serial Killer Targets Rome's Cats

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August 20, 2002

ROME -- The alarm is out in Prenestina, a rambling southern Rome neighborhood, for a serial killer who has dispatched at least six victims with strychnine or a kick to the ribs. Someone is killing the cats of Prenestina, news that would be upsetting in any town but positively traumatic in Rome. Police in Prenestina have promised action. "There's already a suspect," police inspector Antonio Biscozzi said.